Arts and humanities | Expert Topics

Vikram Chandra

Teaching professor of English literature

vikramchandra@berkeley.edu

Creative writing, India, literature

Julia Fawcett

Associate professor of theater, dance and performance studies

julia.fawcett@berkeley.edu

Restoration and 18-century theater and performance, performance historiography, intersections between literature and performance, autobiographical performance, urban space, celebrity, gender, disability studies

Catherine Gallagher

Professor emerita of English literature

cgall@berkeley.edu

19th-century British literature, gender and sexuality studies, narrative and the novel

Jeremy Geffen

Executive and artistic director, Cal Performances

lspier@calperformances.org

The arts, importance of artistic expression and engagement, societal benefits of the arts in the face of adversity

Philip Kan Gotanda

Professor of theater, dance and performance studies

joeozu@berkeley.edu

Theater, playwriting, Asian American, Japanese American, cross-cultural, indie film

Robert Hass

Professor emeritus of poetry and poetics

bobhass@berkeley.edu

20th- and 21st-century American literature, creative writing, poetry

Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers

Associate professor of history

sejr@berkeley.edu

African American history, history of American slavery, British Atlantic slave trade, slavery and the law, women's history, women and early American law

Clark Kellogg

Lecturer in creativity, design and innovation

Design for business, creativity as a success driver in business careers

Thomas Laqueur

Professor emeritus of history

tlaqueur@berkeley.edu

Expertise: European history, sexology, history of medicine, death practices.

Grace Lavery

Associate professor of English

19th-century British literature, trans feminist studies, critical theory, cultural studies, gender and sexuality studies

Tom McEnaney

Assistant professor of comparative literature

tmc@berkeley.edu

Expertise: American popular culture, contemporary literature, music, history of media and technology,

Peter Sahlins

Professor of history

sahlins@berkeley.edu

Early modern and early 19th-century France, social and legal histories of nationality law and citizenship, animal-human relations, animal studies, environmental history, science studies